[plug] [link] `The Economist' positive Linux article

[Leon Brooks]

Quote:

Most surprising, however, is that firms outside the technology industry have 
taken to using open-source techniques. For instance, Dresdner Kleinwort 
Wasserstein, an investment bank, has released the source code for programs 
that link different computer systems within the firm. Barclays Global 
Investors, an investment-management firm, lets its programmers use the same 
development tools as open-source groups. Both firms are customers of 
CollabNet, one of the more promising open-source start-ups. 

Having shown that there is, in many cases, a better way to develop code is 
undoubtedly the open-source movement's biggest achievement so far. And if 
Linux does one day become the standard for operating systems, as some 
enthusiasts predict, it will have taught the computer industry that it is 
more efficient to maintain its software infrastructure collectively. This 
would be bad news for Microsoft and Sun, but it would benefit 
customers-through greater competition, lower prices and, not least, better 
software. 

    http://www.economist.com/business/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1251254

Cheers; Leon